Ok, anyone of you dudes who have owned SSRs have run into "wet" condition/weather problems? They don't seem to want to hook up when they get wet. When it was raining a couple weeks back, I kept locking up the front tires (No I wasn't riding on the brake pedal to lock'em on purpose). Then when I exited off the freeway, I slid her sideways alittle and straighten up. I wasn't expecting it, with a 4-banger Yota motor, 4.88s and 37s. And just yesterday, coming out of my work's parking lot, I ran over a wet spot where the sprinkler had been hitting and there she went. Fished tailed into traffic. I know having a spool in the rear doesn't help either, but this never happened with my 35 inchers...or 33 inchers for that matter when my 4Runner was still small :D

It's not all the ssr5's its mostly the spool. it would get worse if you put on any mud-terrain tire. You can try getting all-terrain but do you really have the money to buy a second set of tires and rims and the time to swap them according to road conditions? Try to just slow down earlier than you normally would and on freeway off ramps take it easy. I now what its like I have a daily driver for a wheeler also.

I have the same problem with my slicks on my Plymouth

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I personally think the SSR's are one of the best mud radials on wet pavement. I think the best are the MTR's. The 4 Runners brake well when the rear brakes are working properly. They should lock all 4 at the same time when they are adjusted correctly. For most lifted 4 Runners this means disconecting the rear proptioning valve in the full "up" position by manually tieing the bar to a frame crossmember. A good soft all terrain or other more street friendly tire will grip better in the wet or the dry so even with good brakes the all terrains would be better yet.

Jason :)

But that's just it. I've never had this problem with my 35-inch Pro-Comp M/Ts or when I had my friend's 35-inch BFG Mudders on. So I'm just curious...hmm... :confused:

I had them on my grand cherrokee with a locker in the back and on wet pavement especially when its more slippery than usual It would spin like no tomarrow.
One time I locked it up down a grade and must have skided at least 60 to 70 feet in the direction of a lexus at a stop light. I bet I scared them.:D And one time I lightly goosed the throttle around a corner and the tires to easily let loose fish tailing me left and right. I wasn't expecting it to happen like that. Then to look in the rear view to see a cop car with the officers laughing at me.
Otherwise something about the tire makes it slip more than any other tire, so its just the way they are.

Well it looks as if I may have read the title wrong... thinking SSR standed for Super Swamper Radial which is the tire I have run before. I know the SSR is a different tire (although I would think the compound would be very similar but maybe they are not). My Super Swamper Radials are quite good for a mudder in the wet. Much better than the BFG MT's I've used and much better than the BFG Project (Baja) T/A's which drive like the SSR's you mention in the rain---scarry! I think some of this may be tire size relevent or even rim size and tire pressure. My Super Swamper radials stick in the rain about the same as a similar worn BFG AT!

Jason :)

My 35" SSR's grip better on wet surfaces(pavement, rock, etc.), than my 33" mud terrains did. Also much better on ice and snow. I dont have a spool, but I do run a detroit.

-Jeremy